Indiana University Chicago Advancement

Our friends at Charles Schwab have a virtual career fair this week!

Charles Schwab invites you to attend our Virtual Career Fair Event on March 25th at 4PM CST/ 5PM EST. We will have our local Retail Branch Team online to give insight into the different roles, share our career opportunities, discuss Schwab’s culture and answer any additional questions you may have.

Opportunities may include:
• Investor Services / Branch Network
• Financial Consultant Academy
• Schwab Private Client

Please join us by registering via the link below:

Event Link URL: https://schwabmeeting.webex.com/schwabmeeting/onstage/g.php?MTID=e001a72728826a75248978eb4d5d74f35

Join us for our first IU in Chicago event of 2021!

Chicago Restaurants-History, the Future and Adapting to Change will take place on February 2 at 6:30 p.m. CST.

Details and registration can be found at myiu.org/iuinchicago

Our panelists for the upcoming September 17th virtual event include Jane Beachy, Aaron Cohen, Dr. Tyron Cooper and Mike Reed.
Jane Beachy, Artistic Director of Illinois Humanities and the founder and Director of Salonathon, "a home for underground, emerging, and genre-defying art". Jane has taught curatorial practice in the Theater and Performance Studies Department at the University of Chicago, as well as through workshops at Yale University and Beloit College.
Aaron Cohen, Professor and Author. His recent book, ' Move on Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power', looks at the social and musical changes that shaped R&B in Chicago during the 1960's and 1970's.
Dr. Tyron Cooper, a four-time Emmy award winning composer/ performer and Director of Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture. He also serves on the faculty of IU as associate professor in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.
Mike Reed is a musician, composer, bandleader and arts presenter based in Chicago. Over the last two decades he has emerged as a dominant force within Chicago's diverse artistic community. He is the founding director of the Pitchfork Music Festival, the current programming chair of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and the owner and director of the acclaimed performing arts venue Constellation. He is the owner of the Hungry Brain, a cozy neighborhood tavern that has been a fulcrum for live creative music and socially-driven public programs. He is also the author of the recently released book, 'The City Was Yellow: Chicago Jazz and Improvised Music 1980-2010'.

Join us virtually on September 17, 2020 at 7pm CST for IU in Chicago: Modern Music and Social Movements.
Our panel includes:
Moderator, Kyle Adams:
Kyle is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Theory at IU Jacobs School of Music. Kyle holds a Ph.D. from the City University of NY, where his dissertation explored chromaticism in pre-tonal music. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in piano from Mannes College of Music. In addition to his research and teaching, Kyle continues to work as an accompanist, primarily for singers and brass instrumentalists.

New Ferguson International Center breaks ground at IU Bloomington The building, at the corner of Jordan Avenue and Seventh Street, will support global engagement of the entire student body.

Indiana University one step closer to test-optional admissions policy The Board of Trustees has approved a policy change, and now each campus will approve and set its own policy for test-optional admission.

IU Bloomington has its first outreach coordinator for female veterans Sarah Bassett's new role is intended to help female active-duty service members and military veterans build community on the Bloomington campus.

Adjunct instructor Kevin Weaver, BA’09, was the co-producer, editor and post-production supervisor on the Pigasus Pictures film “Ms. White Light,” and more than a dozen other Media School alumni and students have credits as well. Way to go Kevin!

‘Ms. White Light,’ premiering in Indiana this week, has more than a dozen Media School student, alumni credits Adjunct instructor Kevin Weaver, BA’09, was the co-producer, editor and post-production supervisor on the Pigasus Pictures film.

Happy Friday everyone! Always a great day when you're an IU Alum! Go Hoosiers!